Huff Run annual photo contest offers more than prizes

  • June 20, 2011
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The Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnership’s ninth annual photo contest is underway, and it promises to offer participants the inspiration that comes from seeing the restoration work within the Huff Run Watershed, as well as possible cash prizes. Amateur photographers are allowed to enter the contest, which ends August 5. Although cash prizes will be awarded to the top three photographs as selected by the panel of judges, the aim of the contest is to show people the progress that the partnership has made in cleaning up Huff Run. Judges include Sheryll Celuch of Celuch Photography, Marsha Zollar of the Norma Johnson Center and Judy DiSabato of Sandy Valley High School. Entries will be judged on aesthetic value, technical merit, and composition. They can be submitted to Huff Run Photo Contest, P.O. Box 55, Mineral City 44656. First place winner will be awarded $50, with second and third place being awarded $30 and $20, respectively. Outstanding photographs that do not place will be given honorable mentions, but no cash prize. All photos must have been taken from within the Huff Run Watershed, and a hard copy that is not larger than 11-by-14 is required. Entries become property of the partnership and will not be returned. Winners will be announced at the Mineral City Party in the Park August 21. The photos will be displayed at the event, as well as the Mineral City Nicole Donant Library, in the partnership’s newsletter and on its website, and within other possible publications or displays. The partnership continues to overcome extensive mining damage that has caused pollution to ground and surface water. As a result, more and more fish have returned to the watershed. As recently as 2010, some parts of the watershed had seen the number of fish species double. The partnership is constantly working to improve the environment in the watershed. The Huff Run Partnership is an active citizens’ group whose mission is to restore the Huff Run Watershed by improving water quality and enhancing wildlife habitat through community support and involvement. The major pollution concern in the watershed is acid mine drainage, which is a result of the many abandoned coal mines in the area. The HRWRP has worked with government agencies and other nonprofits to complete 14 major acid mine drainage restorations. Fish are returning to the stream because of those efforts. The HRWRP also conducts many environmental education projects and programs. For additional information, contact Maureen Wise, or go to the partnership’s website, at http://www.huffrun.org.


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